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Waltzing Mathilda

Waltzing Mathilda. An Australian folk song. A swagman. This a real swagman (in Australian) or hobo (in English). He carries a « swag », a bag or a rolled blanket. What’s the English for these Australian words?. a billy A jumbuck A swag A swagman. The story.

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Waltzing Mathilda

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  1. Waltzing Mathilda An Australian folk song

  2. A swagman • This a real swagman (in Australian) or hobo (in English). • He carries a « swag », a bag or a rolled blanket.

  3. What’s the English for these Australian words? • a billy • A jumbuck • A swag • A swagman

  4. The story • "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia’s most famous folk song, so famous that it is nearly their national anthem. But Australia’s national anthem is « Advance Australia Fair » • The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker making a drink of tea at a bush camp and stealing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker, he drowns himself in a small lake and goes on to haunt the site.

  5. He camps by a billabong… • A billabong. • What’s the English for « billabong »?

  6. …under the shade of a coolabah tree… • A coolabah tree.

  7. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,Under the shade of a coolibah tree,And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?"Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,Down came the troopers, one, two, three,"Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?""You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me". Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me""Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?","You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".Up jumped the swagman and leapt into the billabong,"You'll never catch me alive," said he,And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?"Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing MatildaWho'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with meAnd his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?" The song

  8. For more information… • You’ll find lots of information on the origins of the song, the translation of Australian words and the different interpretations and versions on the Internet: • http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda • And if you want to hear different versions: • http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/waltzingmatilda/5-sound.html

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